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red sanders
Also 7 saunder, 8–9 saunders.
[See sanders.]
Red sandalwood or rubywood; the wood of an East Indian tree, Pterocarpus santalinus, used in dyeing, and formerly employed in medicine as an astringent and tonic.
1553Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 23 There are also in this Iland many woddes that bringe foorth redde sanders. 1568Turner Herbal iii. 67 Rede sanders hinder the flowinge of humores to the partes of the bodye, and strengthen the gummes and stomach. 1647Lilly Chr. Astrol. x. 68 The Hearbs..are such as come neare to a rednesse..Horehound, Hemlock, red Sanders. 1698Sloane in Phil. Trans. XX. 73 Of Red Saunder, of Lignum Aloes, each half an Ounce. 1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 206 If you would have the comfits red infuse some red Saunders in the water. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 410 Red sanders is the name given in this country to the wood of the pterocarpus santalinus, a large tree which grows upon the Coromandel coast and other parts of India, especially Ceylon. 1868W. Ritchie Script. Test. agst. Intox. Wine viii. 196 Tincture of red Sanders or cudbear were extensively used.
attrib.1807Aikin Dict. Chem. & Min. II. 287/1 Red Saunders Wood..is also brought from the East Indies. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 165 Red Sanders-wood,..a reddish-brown dye, used for woollen cloths. |